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Resource Highlight: The Daily Druid

Dan O’Halaran of WoWInsider renown has created a fabulous new resource that may just obsolete the Community Spotlight feature here at Resto4Life (though I enjoy these posts too much to admit as much)! The Daily Druid reviews the most topical Druid-related posts from all around the blogosphere. Best of all, these posts are categorized by spec, making it a snap to get the information that’s most relevant to you and your playstyle. Check him and subscribe out here!

Posts I Loved

Here are a few of my favorite reads since the last Community Spotlight post:

• 3.09 and You from Orbital Bombardment
  Wondering how the upcoming change to Ferocious Bite will affect you? Raine explores this (mostly) PvP-related nerf to burst DPS.
• Best in Slot for Resto Druid from Sydera of World of Matticus
  Sydera shares her thoughts on the best items by slot from all currently available raid content. Warning: may become outdated with the upcoming nerf to Spirit.
• The Best Raid Heal from Passport to Shandris
  Dave Ciskowski breaks down the total amount healed over time of all available raid heals. Includes some very cool step-graphs!
• A Comparison of Two-Handers from Unbearably HoT
  Runy takes a look at the best DPS-oriented 2-handers available to Cats. Let it be known that I take no responsibility for the ridiculousness of her double entendres.
• Doing It Kitty Style: The Basics from Of Teeth and Claws
  Everyone knows that CATIS4FITE. Karthis shows you how in this great DPS primer for cool cats and wanna-be dps-kittens.
• Eclipse: Parts I, II, III, and IV from Gray Matter
  In a series larger than a boomkin’s bottom, you’ll learn more than you ever wanted to know about the Balance talent, Eclipse.
• Flavors of Tanking – A Healer’s Guide from World of Snarkcraft
  A guest post from Joveta’s significant other and detailing the different “flavors” tanks come in: threat and mitigation. Personally, I prefer Karamel Sutra.
• Healing without the Tree of Life Form from Casual WoW
  Byaghro rebuts my earlier post Mailbag: A Deforested Restoration Build with his recommendations on a build and playstyle for healing without Tree of Life. Due to its limitations, he strongly emphasizes this spec as unsuitable for raiding.
• Heroic Cheat Sheet: Utgarde Keep from 4 Haelz
  Bellwether walks (waddles?) Resto Druids through healing this Heroic instance.
• How to Level a Moonkin from Gray Matter
  A straightforward approach to maturing from plucky chick to a level 80 laser turkey of death.
• Hybrid Envy from Of Teeth and Claws
  A great rebuttal to the assertion that Druids (and other classes capable of speccing for more than one role) should perform at less than 100% than their “pure” counterparts.
• Macros for a Leveling Druid from Druid Main
  As a devoted user of the Nostromo Gamepad, I’m a big fan of space-saving macros. Here are a few fun and useful ones to add to your arsenal.
• More on Wild Growth from Nerf This Druid
  Averna reviews the basic mechanics of Wild Growth, a spell that seems to confuse many Druids.
• Representation of Mice from Out of Mana
  A fantastic explanation of the cascading effect class imbalance can have on class distribution in competitive Arena play.
• Waxing Philosophical: Healer Squabbles from Tree Bark Jacket
  Keeva takes a look at the underlying reasons for the seemingly disproportionate animosity among healers on the official role forums.

Eggo on Wild Growth and Nourish

This week reader and avid Druid illustrator Eggo shares a comic related to the recent change to Nourish whereby it benefits from the HoT applied by Wild Growth. Here’s the first panel, but be sure to click to view the whole comic!

Personally, I’m excited about the prospect of “Zomg Boob Tree.” Hopefully Blizzard takes notice and gives my Tree boobies and a grass skirt in their upcoming graphical revamp. (I’m kidding, of course. Mostly.)

Blue: I <3 Graylo

A recent blue post in the official Druid class forum caught my eye a few moments ago. Eyonix writes:

<3 Graylo’s blogs

A big congratulations to Graylo! It is really exciting – for all of us – to think Blizzard might read some of the many fantastic class/spec-based blogs out there. This makes me feel a little guilty about all my crab-related posts. Well, sorta.

Paininabox’s WotLK Restoration Spreadsheet v1.31L

Paininabox has updated his WotLK Restoration Spreadsheet with a number of significant changes and bug fixes, among them:

• Added gems
• Added Innervate
• New stat scale options
• Added Tauren support (cows are HEAVY)
• Beaming Earthsiege and Ember Skyflare Meta gem support

You can always find the most current link to download this spreadsheet in the Resources section.

Blogroll Additions

New Druid blogs! New Druid blogs!

• Druid Main – And alternates!
• Foofy’s Cupcake Factory – Who wouldn’t want to visit a cupcake factory? OM NOM NOM!
• Gnome Druid – Blasphemy!
• Nerf This Druid – Well, not THIS Druid. That’s just the name of a blog. Please don’t nerf me.
• Passport to Shandris – Just make sure you store all fluids in containers of 3.4 ounces or less.
• Sauteed Sunfish – Best enjoyed with a glass of Chardonnay.

Save 14% on Tree Shirts until February 11

U.S. and Canadian residents can save 14% on Tree Shirts orders of $25 or more today and tomorrow. Simply enter codes FEB19 (U.S.) or CADFEB19 (Canada) upon checkout.

P.S. I love words that I can type with just one hand because then you can use the mouse at the same time. Did you know that "warcraft" is one such word?

New Tree Shirts: Stormcrow Wings and Adult Critter Form

There’s a new vinyl, vector design in the Tree Shirts shop featuring the wings of the Night Elf Stormcrow, depicted in purple and brown and embellished in metallic gold. These wings are positioned on the back of the shirts on which they’re shown.

By request, I’ve also added some adult options for the Critter Form shirts, including a maternity shirt. Note that most (though not all) of these are in pre-set colors because of design limitations.

Posts of Interest from Around the Blogosphere

• The Death Knight Survival Guide from Healer Envy
  Learn the tricks of this new Druid-obliterating hero class.
• Druid Tanking: Overview (WotLK) from Of Teeth and Claws
  Karthis takes a moment to summarize the changes to tanking in Wrath.
• Healing Sartharian (25-Man) with Drakes from Tree Bark Jacket
• Leatherworking Goodies from the PTR (3.08)
  Learn about important changes to this typically Druid profession.
• Mixology 101: Kitty Cat Consumables from Unbearably HoT
  Optimize the FITE in your Cat Form with these potent potions.
• Prepping for Patch 3.08 from Think Tank
  A great overview of changes Feral Druids can expect to see with today’s long-awaited release of Patch 3.08.

Druid Pole Dancers Video

Are Feral Druids the new Arena Pole Dancers this season?

Credit to Aurdon of I Sheep Things for submitting this giggle-inspiring video.

New Druid Blogs

Antileah the Druid by Pippa

I’m re-evaluating the way I handle my blogroll. I’m no longer going to provide descriptions for blogs since they often end up sounding very generic – yet writing them takes a huge amount of time – and they don’t typically remain relevant. Druid blogs will still be categorized by spec, and I will continue to remove those who haven’t updated in a month or more, but I need to look at areas where I can save time and this is definitely one of them.

• Achievement: Name a Blog
• Casual Cow
• Druid Heal
• Druids Do It on All Fours (French)
• Moonglade Exalted
• Orbital Bombardment
• The Tree House 
• A Tree’s Tale

U.S. citizens can enter the promotional code NEW19, while Canadians can enter code CADNEW19.

Also, be sure to check out the recently added children’s clothes featuring a two-tone vinyl print of “Critter Form” as graciously designed by Valenna.

The Feast of Winter Veil is coming up which would be a great time to hint-drop about wanting a Tree Shirt or two from a certain blog. *Nudge nudge* In preparation for the holiday season, I’ve added three great new designs:

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1. Tree of Life Emblem
   The first is the orange symbol that features prominently on the chest of our Tree of Life form. Although I’ve featured it on brown shirts (mostly), you can switch the color of the shirt to whatever suits you best. The nice thing about this design is that it’s vector-based and should print as a crisp, understated option for the discerning tree.
2. Restoration Wreath (Autumn) by Diego SS. Dicaro
   The second design is a autumnal variation on Eggo’s earlier Shift Happens Restoration Wreath design. This design was requested by several readers, and Eggo actually sent it in a number of weeks ago. Sorry that it’s taken me so long to get it added!
3. “Shift Happens” Grid from Valenna
   Finally, Valenna created a design for the “Shift Happens” contest earlier this year. Since he’s pretty much my best friend, there was no question as to whether I would add it, but I really love it! It features 8 rounded squares with each of the Night Elf forms (including the still-awaited critter form). The design includes black, purple, orange, brown, and light blue and should work well on many different shirt colors.

Also note that many designs have long sleeved options. Colors for men are unfortunately typically limited to black or white, but women have several to choose from. To view all long-sleeved shirts:

1. Visit the Spreadshirt storefront.
2. Under the dropdown All Products, select Men or Women.
3. Under the dropdown All Articles, select Long sleeve shirts.

Looking for more information about delivery times? See Spreadshirt’s Shipping Page.

[Intravenous Healing Potion] Macro from Vreenash

Some of you may not be familiar with the [Intravenous Healing Potion]. This item was newly added with Wrath and is sold by Angelique Butler in the Dalaran First Aid shop at a starting price of 2g 70s. Essentially, it’s an infinite-use health and mana restore for 3 minutes (usable only outside of combat). This macro deploys the IV and gives instructions to those nearby on how to use it:

#showtooltip
/s =/\= Intravenous Drip has been deployed =/\=
/s –Stand still while clicking to regen Health/Mana–
/use Intravenous Healing Potion

According to Vreenash, he’s seen overwhelmingly positive response in battlegrounds, particularly Arathi Basin. Perhaps best of all, this item can be deployed and used by a Feral or Balance Druid while still in form, allowing you to help out with healing during downtime.

Note: These items do not stack. Always use a fresh needle.

Favorite Posts of Late

There have been an incredible number of useful and informative posts in the wake of Wrath. Here are a few of my favorite:

• The Bear T7 List: Part I | Part II from ThinkTank
  Kalon releases some great bear-oriented gear lists along with ratings.
• Feral Factions from Of Teeth and Claws
  Karthis submits an overview of the best Feral-oriented rewards from various factions to help you plan your reputation grinds.
• Pre-Naxx Feral Worksheet from Of Teeth and Claws
  A spreadsheet of Feral gear to help kitties and bears prepare for raiding Naxxramas.
• Pre-Naxx Moonkin Gear: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 from Gray Matter
  Gearing up for a little Pew Pew in Naxxramas? Graylo has you covered with this extensive guide of available and recommended upgrades.
• Resto Pre-Raid Gear from Elitist Jerks Forums
  Tuftears of Stormrage (US) summarizes pre-Naxxramas gear by slot and type in an easy to read format.
• WotLK Cooking 375-450 from Kaliope’s WoW Crafting Blog
  Kaliope walks you through reaching 450 cooking in Wrath. It’s more difficult than you might think!
• WotLK Wallpapers from Banana Shoulders
  Missing Northrend while away at work? Siha has created several gorgeous Wrath of the Lich King wallpapers at 1680 x 1050 size.
• Wrath: Overview of Daily Quests (Level 70-75) from Yashima Plays
  Yashima lists the available daily quests and from level 70 to 75, their location, associated faction, and reputation awarded.

Ghostcrawler says L2Play (with Druids) and “Dude”

There are plenty of druids topping healing meters.

I think where the problem comes from sometimes is that you need healers who are good at working with hots. When someone has a hot on them, you have to be able to guess if that hot will heal the dude and if it can do it fast enough. Inexperienced healers sometimes stomp on hots, wasting the druid (or priest) mana and making sure that the hot-healer appears to have not contributed much.

This has been a long-standing problem for Druid healers. Given the competitive nature of healing, training one’s guildmates to not overwrite your HoTs is pretty difficult. Does anyone have any tips?

Other Blogs to Visit

As I suspected, the release of Wrath has contributed to a whole new crop of great blogs to visit and subscribe to!

Warcraft Dryad by Marina Siu-Chong

• Cenarion Musings
  Restoration Druid Pixiedark ponders Cenarius.
• Chrille
  PvP, Feral, Taurens, and machinima. Could there possibly be a more interesting combination for a blog?
• A Druid in Time
  From reader Shopshopshop of Uldum (US) comes this great new blog on playing a casual Restoration Druid!
• Druid Heal
  Raaff the Tree shares his thoughts on Druid healing, starting with Talents!
• Eighty Percent Fur
  With a name that sounds strangely reminiscent of a Fergie song, Lushious blogs about all things Feral Druid.
• Moonfire
  Real life couple Gwyn and Cablin of Bronze Dragonflight (EU) play Restoration and Balance Druids respectively. One has to wonder about the “discussions” that occur when spell power gear drops!
• One Rogue’s Journey
  According to Zaltu of Scarlet Crusade (US), “Rogues do it anywhere in between ninety and two-hundred and seventy degrees.” Kind of makes you shift uncomfortably in your chair, doesn’t it?
• Rawrbitchrawr
  Stompalina of Staghelm (US) shares personal character stories alongside theory development on her Restoration-oriented blog.
• Shields Up
  Drugfreeyth of Teldrassil (EU) delivers an eclectic mix of “Restoration Shamans, black holes, backstabbing, and ponies.”
• Stealth Runs
  Furble writes an interesting blog that focuses on completing stealth runs through instances.
• Threat Monster
  From Zaydok of Stormscale (US) comes this great new blog about “threat build” warriors who tank with an aggressive style.

Restoration Wreath by Diego SS. Dicaro	Comic “Strip” by Angela Bamblett	Druid Amalgam by Taylor Eshelman

The designers of each of the above will receive a shirt proudly displaying their artistic talent, just as soon as I’ve heard back from everyone on their color, style, and size choices!

I’ve also recently created a new storefront to display available designs. Instead of page after page of different Tree Shirts, grouped together by design, you can preview all of the designs at a glance here. Clicking on a design will take you into the Spreadshirt shop with all products that feature it. I hope this makes navigation a simpler and more manageable, especially as the number of available designs and products continues to grow.

Finally, I’ve created a survey about the Tree Shirts offered here. The first part of the survey asks for your opinions about the available products and the second part includes questions for people who have already purchased shirts. If you have a moment, I’d appreciate you taking a couple of minutes to fill it out, so I have a better idea of what improvements I can make.

Recommended Reading

Warsong Gulch Druids by Tigon

Before you can head out to celebrate Friday and libation liberation from 9 to 5 weekdays, make sure you do your homework!

• 5 Improvements to Tailoring and Why We Need Them from Destructive Reach 
  Tailoring is a common profession choice for Druids. After all, we need the bag space. Saresa details five great proposals for making the profession more entertaining and useful.
• A Better Stance Bar from Of Teeth and Claws
  You’re not still using the default shapeshifting bar, ARE YOU?
• Brewfest – Drunken Cavortin’ Fer All from Slash Hug
  With just two days left to enjoy the festivities, you can take best advantage of everything that Brewfest has to offer with Aurik’s in-depth guide.
• The Great Armor Nerf from Of Teeth and Claws
  Karthis shares his thoughts about the removal and reduction of much of the additional armor on many TBC items formerly considered to be staples of a Feral Druid’s potential armory.
• Expertise and the Swing Timer from Big Bear Butt Blogger
  BBB takes a look at expertise and why it’s so valuable to (but often overlooked by) Feral Druids.
• Inscription Guide from Banana Shoulders 
  Siha contributes another fantastic guide, this one aimed at helping the budding Inscription practitioner. Includes a wonderfully helpful PDF version for reference while playing!
• Is Lifebloom Obsolete? Another Look at Resto Druids in 3.0 from World of Matticus
  World of Matticus’ Druid author Sydera weighs in on recent changes to the Restoration spec.
• So what am I (not) Wearing (yet)? A particularly Heroic shopping list. from Unbearably HoT 
  Runy shares a list of potential Wrath drops and rewards from Wrath.
• WotLK: What Spell Do I Use? – Spell Rotations from Gray Matter 
  Wondering whether Wrath or Starfire will be king in Wrath? Graylo explains in easy-to-understand terms the recommended nuking rotations for Moonkin and Restos “moonlighting” (C WUT I DID THAR?) as Balance for the purpose of easing their leveling experience.

Forgotten Shift Happens Submission

I’m abashed to admit that I forgot to include one of the earliest submissions to Shift Happens contest. It was sent in by Nic of Nic Get Life and, while I loved the concept and execution, I unfortunately had to decline since it uses in-game models. It’s featured at left.

Thanks, Nic! Sorry for the absent-mindedness!

I hope to announce the results of the Shift Happens competition early next week (though honestly, you could probably just watch the poll results).

Blogs to Check Out

• Feral at Heart
  Feral at Heart contains thoughts and commentary on playing a Feral Druid.
• The Gnogue
  A green-haired gnome has never looked so dangerous. Or would if you could see her.
• Hearthstone
  Aleathea and her husband co-GM a guild on the Draka (US) server. Hearthstone serves as a chronicle of her WoW life and a place to share character-based stories.
• Lorecrafted
  Lorecrafted is a fantastic resource for roleplayers. Warning: may just turn you into a lore aficionado.
• Muffin Factory
  Blueberry, lemon poppy seed, and strawberry. All pale in comparison to the awesomeness that is Revast’s Mage-themed blog.
• The Sacred and the Profane
  A Shadow and Holy Priest unite to bring you a blog from the perspective of two raiding Priests.
• Spam Moonfare
  The author of Spam Moonfare is a fearsome amalgam of feathery Boomkin and leafy Tree goodness.
• Udder Madness
  Beathooven of Aman’Thul (US) is very punny Tauren Druid. /moo

A Message from Runycat

For all U.S. readers, be you Democrat or Republican, it’s your civic duty to vote! Be like Voter Cat! (And that’s seriously Runycat’s cat at right.)

Unconvinced? Check this out.

How to Vote for Your Favorite

You can vote for your favorite among the four entries by visiting the main page and using the poll included in the sidebar. Voting will remain available until the end of the week!

And here they are, in alphabetical order:

Eggo’s “Wreath of Forms” Our Tree of Life Form looks quite broccoli-esque in this green silhouette, reigning over a beautiful wreath of multi-hued leaves and surrounded by both cat and bear paws. Silhouettes of our other forms, including Moonkin and Travel Forms appear on either side of the design, and pretty swirls give it a lovely symmetry! Thank you, Eggo!

Leigh Ann’s “A Happy Death” At left is the entry submitted by Leigh Ann, featuring a Tree of Life who is surprisingly happy to have been chopped in half. Maybe she’s looking on the bright side of all the recent nerfs! Featuring a stylized version of our Tree Form with autumnal, geometric leaves, Leigh Ann’s submission is both colorful and cheerful! Now if only we could persuade Blizzard to let us complete our death animations Tree of Life Form instead of being automatically shifted into Night Elf form! Thanks, Leigh Ann!

Rhoelyn’s “Comic ‘Strip’” Below is the entry submitted by Rhoelyn, author of Points of Convergence. It features a most unfortunate Male Night Elf who, while cheerfully going about the business of appreciating Nature, discovers he’s developed an allergy to purple flowers! The results are … well … revealing! And may I say, RAWR! Azeroth definitely needs more male Night Elves! Much appreciated, Rhoelyn.

Tesh’s “Druid Amalgam” This entry comes from Tesh, author of the blog Tish Tosh Tesh. It features a character illustration that’s an amalgam of almost all of the Druid’s shapeshift forms. With two wings from both Epic Flight Forms, arms from Dire Bear and Night Elf Cat Form, a head from both Night Elf and Tauren Moonkin Forms, a belly and tail from Travel Form, and legs that clearly “stem” (wonka wonka) from both races’ Tree of Life Form, this piece nicely (and beautifully) sums up the many roles that a Druid can perform. Thank you, Tesh!

Additional Submissions

In addition to the three entries above, there were two submissions that I received but couldn’t include. I’m sharing them both here, though, because I really appreciate the work that went into them! Thank you!

Hiu’s “Shifting Man”	Riverwish’s “Squished Gnome”
Reader Hiu submitted the above image featuring a Resto-inspired figure changing shape and with intricate vines on both sides. Unfortunately, the figure that comprises the center piece of the design wasn’t sampled in such a way that it would print, and I worry that the vines are too intricate for Spreadshirt’s print techniques. Thank you, Hiu!	Riverwish of Skullcrusher (EU) submitted the above image which features an unlucky, green-haired gnome being crushed by the very bear bottom intended to protect her! I had to decline this entry because I’m trying to keep Tree-Shirts somewhat Restoration inspired. After all I wouldn’t want to step on BBB’s paws! Thank you, Riverwish!

How many Trees can you find in this picture?	Now I just need a second mousepad for my trackball!

The shirt is a Yoga-style tee that was tighter than I anticipated, despite sizing up to a Medium at the product’s recommendation. I love it with a jacket, though I’ve discontinued the shirt type for fear others might run into the same problem. I also purchased an Arena Pole Dancer shirt but quickly realized that it wouldn’t exactly be safe for work wear, no matter how “casual” the dress code on Fridays! Perhaps my favorite item, however, is the Resto4Life mousepad I ordered. Let’s just hope my boss doesn’t notice it and decide to Google the term!

To shamelessly steal borrow ideas from a certain ursine friend of considerable girth, I’d like to hold a contest for a new Tree-Shirt design to be added to the Resto4Life Tree Shirts store.

The skinny:

• Inspired by the name of our guild in beta, the theme of the contest is SHIFT HAPPENS. The shirt design should include this phrase. The graphic can be one of your choosing. Ideally, it should be something partially Resto-related.
• To reduce the possibility of problems with copyright infringement, designs should not make use of the model viewer.
• Designs with fewer colors (simpler, less gradiated designs) appear to print better than those with greater color depth.
• Readers will have the chance to select their favorite of the submitted designs (hopefully, there will be more than one).
• The winner will receive a complimentary copy of the shirt they’ve designed in exchange for giving me permission to resell the design (and I recognize that you’re doing me a tremendous favor by doing so).
• The deadline for shirt submissions is September 24 which, not coincidentally, is also my birthday. ^_^

Additional (technical) requirements:

• Design should be 3000 x 3000 pixels at 400 DPI.
• Design should be submitted in transparent PNG format. You can e-mail your submission to me at . If file size is an issue, I can give you temporary access to an FTP server.
• Due to restrictions of the printing process, I will have to smooth out any rough edges and fill in any small gaps by placing a second layer of color behind the design. Just something to keep in mind!

Featured Posts

Night Elf by Erica Batton

Another round of best of the best blog posts that I’ve found

• The 3.0 Patch – Cat Build Edition from Kalon of ThinkTank
  Kalon plays with a possible build for kitty cats in Wrath with an eye toward the elimination of powershifting as a DPS tool.
• Addressing Druid Tanking in WotLK from Runycat of Unbearably HoT
  Runy rants about the troubles faced by Ferals in Wrath of the Lich King, analyzing at length the comments made by Ghostcrawler regarding changes to Bear itemization and mitigation.
• Character’s Theme Song from Tigerfeet Secret Agent Cat
  It shouldn’t take a leap (or Feral Charge) of intuition to guess what theme song Tigerfeet chose for herself.
• Debuffs Made Easy: Blizzard’s Way Out from Natarumah of Twisted Faith
  Natarumah comments on the change to buff and debuff stacking and changes to mana regeneration affecting Shadow Priests.
• Epic Flight Form Questline: A Guide from Aurik of /hug
  A highly detailed, beautifully illustrated guide to completing what is, in my opinion, one of the best questlines in the game. Hats off to Aurik for doing it justice!
• Ferals and the Restoration Tree from Tigerfeet of Secret Agent Cat
  Tigerfeet discusses the Feral-oriented talents within the Restoration tree, including Furor, Naturalist, Natural Shapeshifter, and Master Shapeshifter.
• Keybinding Guide from Horns of YAOWN
  Don’t be a clicker. Please.
• Tree of Life History Lesson from Keredria of Tree of Life
  Get schooled by Keredria on the myths surrounding the "Tree of Life" in various world cultures.

World Tree Additions

Just one new Druidy place to read and subscribe to this week:

• Glyph of Thorns
  Arianthorn of Moonglade (EU) plays a Balance Druid with a bad case of altitis. Plenty of Beta commentary … not that I’m into that sort of thing …

Wordle Cloud

Wordle is a free, Java-based service that creates keyword-density clouds of a blog’s most recent posts. You can see my Wordle cloud below:

The words "change" and "Northrend" make prominent appearances, probably because of the recent Wrath of the Lich King posts. Spirit, +Healing, Aura, Tree, and Life are also unsurprising. I was a little abashed to see the word "want" featured so prominently, though! And I’m not sure how the word "melee" snuck in there. ^_^

I shared this service with Runycat last week. Here were her immediate thoughts:

[13:50] Phaelia: try this out
[13:50] Phaelia: http://wordle.net/create
[13:50] Phaelia: it’s fun!!
[13:51] Runycat: what is it?
[13:51] Phaelia: it makes a word cloud from your most recent posts
[13:51] Runycat: I hope mine says BONER BONER BONER
[13:51] Phaelia: LOL

Thanks to Anna of Too Many Annas for originally sharing this fun site!

New Tree-Shirt: Restoration Cloud

Using the Wordle service, I created a set of Tree-Shirts featuring words commonly associated with Restoration Druids. These are only available in black but come in a variety of styles for both men and women. Prices range from $15.90 to $23.90. 

 » View All Restoration Cloud Shirts

I’ve also added three new shirts to the shop:

Men’s HoTs Like Me
By request, I’ve created a men’s version of the “Dontcha wish your girlfriend cast HoTs like me?” shirt. I replaced the pink and green with blue and changed the font to a more masculine one. (Apparently, dotting your I’s with a star isn’t “masculine.”) It’s currently available in Lightweight, Heavyweight, AA Brand, and XXXL. You can preview the design here.

Waffles! <#
If you’ve spent any time in the Druid forums, you’re probably familiar with what has become the standard response to posters from another class who come to the forums to cry for nerfs to the Druid class. These nerfs can range from whining about how OP Cyclone is, that Feral Charge needs to be placed deeper in the Feral tree, that Druids shouldn’t be able to use Travel Form in Arenas, that Dire Bear Form should be a deep Feral talent … the list goes on. What do Druids do to these trolls? We feed them waffles! Now you can wear a shirt celebrating this tradition! You can also preview the design here.

Warsong Flag Carrier
Druids are well-known (well-hated?) for their ability to run flags, especially in Warsong Gulch since flag-capping is the central objective. You can now display your status as a veteran Flag Carrier with a shirt reading: “Warsong Flag Carrier” surrounded by Travel Form-inspired Cheetah spots. I like this design best on yellow, brown, and red shirts, and you can preview it here.

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